Powered by opener Rishabh Pant’s fine 118, India continued its winning form and outplayed Afghanistan by 104 runs in the under-19 one-day tri-series at the JU Salt Lake campus here on Friday.
This was the fourth consecutive victory for the host which reached the final with an all-win record. India will take on Bangladesh in the summit clash on Sunday.
India, which won with a bonus point, tallied 18 points from four matches to top the league table ahead of Bangladesh (nine points). Afghanistan lost all its games.
The scores:
India: Rishabh Pant c Musa b Nasir 118, Ishan Kishan lbw Zahir 0, Virat Singh run out 71, Ricky Bhui b Zahir 50, Sarfaraz Khan c Sardar b Musa 12, Anmolpreet Singh c Arman b Musa 2, Rahul Batham (not out) 6, Pradipta Pramanik run out 4; Extras (lb-1, w-2): 3; Total (for seven wkts. in 50 overs): 266.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-190, 3-192, 4-238, 5-252, 6-261, 7-266.
Afghanistan bowling: Muslim Musa 10-1-38-2, Muhammad Zahir 7-1-40-2, Zia-ur Rehman 9-0-61-0, Rasih Arman 8-0-45-0, Tariq Stanikzai 8-1-44-0, Nasir Khan 8-0-37-1.
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai c Kishan b Sayed 8, Naveed Obaid c Pant b Ansari 63, Nasir Khan lbw b Mavi 0, Ihasanullah Janat run out 13, Sayed Waheedullah st. Kishan b Ansari 14, Rashid Arman c Virat b Ansari 4, Tariq Stanikzai c Pramanik b Sarfaraz 26, Muslim Musa lbw b Sarfaraz 8, Mohammad Sardar lbw b Ansari 6, Muhammad Zahir (not out) 5, Zia-ur Rehman c Kishan b Ansari 6; Extras (lb-1, nb-2, w-6): 9; Total (in 28 overs): 162.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-8, 3-49, 4-94, 5-109, 6-109, 7-135, 8-144, 9-151.
India bowling: Ishan Sayed 3-0-31-1, Shubham Mavi 7-2-30-1, Pradipta Pramanik 4-0-29-0, Rahul Batham 2-0-14-0, Zeeshan Ansari 8-0-37-5, Anmolpreet Singh 1-0-5-0, Sarfaraz Khan 3-0-15-2.
